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Vowel Epenthesis in Orok ulisä ‘meat’
ALONSO DE LA FUENTE, José Andrés
Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2115/52617
KEYWORDS : Vowel;Epenthesis;Orok;ulisä;meat
Abstract
本稿は、ウイルタ（オロッコ）語の-CiC-と北方ツングース諸語の-CC-との対応を明らかにすることを目的とする。ウイルタでは、摩擦音を含む子音結合を避けるために母音が挿入されたと解釈できる（同様の変化はウデヘ語にも見られる）。したがって、北方ツングース諸語の形が本来の子音結合を保っており、祖形と考えられる。19世紀に記録された二つのウイルタ語彙にも、この母音添加の例が見出されるが、現在知らされている語形と合わない語例もある。
The main goal of this brief contribution is to show that the sound correspondence Orok (a.k.a. Uilta) -CiC- : Northern Tungusic -CC- is unambiguous. Orok introduces an epenthetic vowel in order to avoid consonant clusters containing fricative sounds (in analogy to a very similar process taking place in Udihe), hence Northern Tungusic preserves an original consonant cluster that should be reconstructed in the parental language. It is possible to find additional examples of vowel epenthesis in two 19th-centuries Orok glossaries, although they do not correlate well with more contemporary Orok sources.
The main goal of this brief contribution is to show that the sound correspondence Orok (a.k.a. Uilta) -CiC- : Northern Tungusic -CC- is unambiguous. Orok introduces an epenthetic vowel in order to avoid consonant clusters containing fricative sounds (in analogy to a very similar process taking place in Udihe), hence Northern Tungusic preserves an original consonant cluster that should be reconstructed in the parental language. It is possible to find additional examples of vowel epenthesis in two 19th-centuries Orok glossaries, although they do not correlate well with more contemporary Orok sources.
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